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Tax-timed out? De-stress with Tax Day freebies and deals 04/16/2018 04:30pm • WASHINGTON — As in past years, businesses are offering freebies and deals before, during and after tax day, which falls on Tuesday, April 17 this year. You have a little more time to file your federal taxes this year because April 15 falls on a Sunday, and April 16 is D.C.'s Emancipation Day ho Q&A: Tony Gilroy pens thriller 'Beirut' starring Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike 04/15/2018 11:23pm • WASHINGTON — Few filmmakers know how to make a thriller better than Tony Gilroy. After penning the "Bourne" trilogy and directing "Michael Clayton," Gilroy returns to the genre with "Beirut," directed by Brad Anderson and starring Jon Hamm and Rosamund Pike. "There's no shortage of thr How to Write a Supplemental Essay for College Applications 04/15/2018 08:00pm • Prospective students are usually aware that they'll have to write an essay as part of the college application process. But they might not know some schools will ask for additional essays. These writing supplements are usually shorter than the main college essay, but they're no less important, exper Teens learn about healthy dating at Choose Respect conference 04/15/2018 07:26pm • ROCKVILLE, Md.— Hundreds of students and parents gathered in Rockville, Maryland, Sunday to talk about healthy relationships and learn different ways to prevent teen dating violence at the Choose Respect conference at Richard Montgomery High School. “After just nine years doing this conferenc Historic 3rd ship uncovered by archaeologists in Alexandria 04/14/2018 04:30am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '5cb57835-a0f3-467d-8789-ba8876e7f3e8' }).render("83761536306340ed");}); WASHINGTON — Alexandria, Virginia, is 5 Ways to Minimize Taxes in a Portfolio 04/11/2018 08:00pm • Now that taxes are on your mind, take another step toward building wealth by protecting the investments you already own from the taxman's clutches next year and beyond. For most investors, the importance of having a tax-efficient portfolio only becomes apparent when Uncle Sam presents them with a s DC officer who shot and killed unarmed motorcyclist 'feared for his life' 04/11/2018 09:08am • WASHINGTON — Defense attorneys for the 27-year-old D.C. police officer who shot and killed an unarmed motorcyclist following a 25-block chase through the District in 2016 squared off against lawyers from the D.C. Office of Attorney General at his disciplinary hearing Wednesday. Lawyers for Offi 15 Best Tax Day Deals for Free Food and Discounts 04/10/2018 08:00pm • Whether you want to spend your tax refund (or save it because you owed the IRS this year), retailers and restaurants are giving you a reason to celebrate Tax Day on April 17, 2018. Some restaurants will be handing out free food, and plenty of stores will be running sales that coincide with Tax Day. How many left-lane slowpokes have been fined under new Va. law? 04/09/2018 03:56am • WASHINGTON — Thousands of people have been fined in the months since Virginia, for the first time, imposed penalties on people who drive too slowly in the left lane or commit other related traffic violations, data obtained through a public records request show. Beginning July 1, 2017, Virginia 8 Strategies for Saving Money on Your Health Care 04/08/2018 08:00pm • When you sign up for your health insurance benefits during your annual open enrollment, do you automatically opt for the plan you had the previous year? If your doctor writes you a prescription, do you buy it without asking if there are less expensive and equally effective options? Do you agree to Blaze on 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York kills 1 04/08/2018 10:19am • NEW YORK (AP) — A raging fire that tore through a 50th-floor apartment at Trump Tower killed a man inside and sent flames and thick, black smoke pouring from windows of the president's namesake skyscraper. New York Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the cause of Saturday's blaze is not yet kno Data Doctors: Tips for creating a digital estate 04/06/2018 05:05am • Q: Any suggestions for creating a digital will? A: Estate planning is one of the most important tasks everyone should be doing for their families and including your digital assets is critically important in the information age. We’ve been through the process of trying to help others reclaim EXCLUSIVE: Metro said this tunnel would open in 2016. Why is it still closed? 04/06/2018 04:06am • ARLINGTON, Va. — A bus tunnel in Rosslyn critical to many commuters — which Metro said more than a year ago would open in days — remains closed due to outstanding construction concerns, WTOP has learned. The street-level tunnel through a glitzy new building, directly across from the Rosslyn Movie Review: 'A Quiet Place' is genius horror with a silent but deadly premise 04/06/2018 12:28am • WASHINGTON -- If Jordan Peele proved anything with "Get Out" (2017), it's that our greatest comedic minds can just as easily scare the crap out of us when they put their minds to it. Enter John Krasinski, who made us laugh for years as Jim Halpert, pranking Dwight Schrute, pestering Michael Gov. Hogan signs budget, bill to shore up Md. health insurance 04/05/2018 04:50pm • WASHINGTON — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has signed a bill that is designed to protect the state’s health insurance program. In a bill signing ceremony in Annapolis, Hogan said state leaders had to step in because Congress failed to act: “This problem should have been solved in Washington, bu